Hi all, anyone have one they would part with? (I might be moving back to Cali at some point and the car is w/o).

Thanks!

 

Can you go to your local exhaust shop and get an aftermarket one installed?

 

IDK how weird California would get on an aftermarket converter, but in their rampant stupidity and contrariness it wouldn't surprise me if they'd bark at a more efficient aftermarket unit over the obsolete and less efficient OEM pellet type. Makes me glad and grateful I don't live there.

 

I lived there. Seemed okay to me.

 

I have new test pipes for f body’s. What does the cat look like. What’s the length and angle?

 

Here are a couple pics I found on the internet.

 

Unless you find somebody personally parting a colonnade Cutlass, I don't think you'd be able to get a catalytic converter. I thought salvage yards weren't supposed to sell them to the public.

 

Scrapped one out of a '75 full size Chev last year. The car had sat untouched since '89 until last year. Had to fill out forms and leave photo copy of my ID when sold to the local scrapper. Got $75 for it, no idea what it was worth to them. It was heavy. Would have been a bear to ship, price wise.

 

The pipe is welded on, some f bods are too. Test pipe won’t work there. Just get a pipe bent and be done.unless you’re putting the car in Pebble Beach.

 

Don't 1976 cars have to pass smog in California? Think that's where OP is going with this. Otherwise I'd agree, put a test pipe on and be done.

 

Dont know about that, no testing where I live. That was done away with a long time ago.

 

Right, California requires emissions testing for '76 and up, and it doesn't advance every year as it used to.

 

Do you have a picture of the one you have?
I have one that is flanged on both ends. I thought it was big block but could be the right one for you.

 

I don't currently have one but higher up in this thread I posted pics of original "pancake" style converter that was OEM for '76 cutlass. Thanks!

 

First its really gonna be hard to find an OEM one, even off a junk car..

Heard new Cats flow better over the pellet type

Second your gonna have to put it on a roller smog test to pass smog..

this can be hard to do, other things play into it , like carb set up, timing, compression, etc etc

Find the OEM emission tune -up sticker for your car, (they make repros) it will have the timing specs, rpm, what hoses to block off, etc. Give this to a smog test guy that knows his stuff, MOST don't

https://www.fusickautomotiveproducts...p?number=DC146

Just because it runs well, doesn't mean it will pass smog...


Fred

 

For any given combination, though, the rule of thumb is: the better it runs, the cleaner it runs.